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Hello! Thank you so much for visiting me in the Attic, it's lovely to see you. My name is Lucy and I'm a happily married Mum with three children. We live in a cosy terraced house on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales in England which we are slowly renovating and making home. I have a passion for crochet and colour and love to share my creative journey. I hope you enjoy your peek into my colourful little world x

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December 15, 2009

Lampshade Makeover :: Ta-dah!

Do you know something? Since the beginning of November, I've actually written no less than four Ta-dah type posts, which makes todays post "Ta-dah number five", isn't that something? I'd say it's been a very creative and productive time for me of late hasn't it?

So yes, a little bit of a rippy-sticky reveal for you today as I show you my recently completed decopatched lampshade. Remember when I told you all about the joys of Decopatch when I discovered it last month? And do you remember my first rippy-sticky project, the LOVE letters??

I tell you, this decopatch stuff was truly made for the likes of me, I think it's absolutely brilliant. It's such a simple craft, so childish in many ways, but the joy of decopatch, oh the complete JOY of it lies precisely in it's Simplicity and it's Childishness. The simple, childish pleasure of ripping up little bits of paper and getting all messy-fingered with glue is not to be underestimated. Well not for me at any rate.

So anyhow...lets get on with revealing this particular project :: the Horrid
Lampshade Makeover.

This funny white plastic lampshade hangs low over our dining table on one of those springy
wire type things which means you can alter the height of it. We use it every single day, and it was here in the house when we moved in. Over the two years that we've lived with this light, I've looked about on many occasions for a replacement shade but without success. I mean, as lampshades go, it wasn't completely hideous, but it wasn't really very nice either. It was just kind of functional and there.

The idea to give it a decopatch makeover was quite spontaneous, and to be honest I wasn't sure that it would actually work out. But as I had little sentiment for the Horrid Lampshade, I didn't feel too worried if it ended up a disaster. So off I went, full steam ahead with the rippy-sticky makeover.

I decided on a very simple design of stripes. Nothing complicated,
nothing too faffy. Horizontal stripes, about 4cm deep, starting out
from the top and working my way down.

I admit I had a little confidence wobble at the above point, when three stripes had been completed. I had to keep hanging the shade back up every time I came to a stop because we needed the shade in place in order to keep the light low enough (without the weight of the shade, the light bulb would spring up near to the ceiling, making the whole room seem very harshly lit and not nice for eating under).

So for a week or so, the Horrid Lampshade remained in it's half-finished state as I pondered on it's progress. Then one evening last week, I decided that it really HAD to be finished, and that it was daft to leave it half done, even if I was unsure of it. So off I went again with the rippy-sticky, working my way down to the wavy, fluted bottom edge until all of the white plastic was hidden under a mass of little coloured papery bits...............

................and it was only then, with the last stripe in place, that I decided it had possibly been a success.

That I did in fact kind of like what I had done to the Horrid Lampshade.

Lovely!
And, it really is your colours!!! Love it!
Have a wonderful Christmas, just a week until the Big day now. Here, we have the real festivities at the 24'th. The Santa often knocks at the door at the afternoon, and give all the presents, not at night as I think it is in England. Isn't it wonderful, how different we celebrate the same thing?
Well, Merry Christmas to you and all your family!!!
Love Anna xxx

Wow I am impressed with that stuff. It answers my question, as I had wondered if it only covered things like the Love display that you bought. I guess it can be used on anything then. The possibilities are really endless then.

I really like the end result, that lampshade has been transformed in to something very pretty and vibrant.

How lovely the "new" lampshade looks. It sort of brings the whole room together. All your lovely colours repeated in the LOVE sign, rugs, table runner, cushions, and heart garland.... and you always manage to have a vase of lovely flowers somewhere in the room. So comfy and homey!
Cheers

Lucy, you are one of a kind and I mean that sincerely. The bright light shining forth from your soul inspires us all to look for the silver lining in life. The beauty that is you can't help but bubble forth into colorful shades of creativity. To know you would be like walking from one end of the rainbow to another. Everything sweet and loving would be the natural order of the day. You, my friend, are so admired and so loved. As you look forward to a new year and a new little member into your family I pray you are blessed beyond everything you have ever dreamed of. You have brought an awareness to me to look further for the beauty within. Your happy soul sings and dances and makes me feel young again. You make me believe in endless possibilities. Thank you for being you, a real authentic geniune graceful lady with class and integrity. Your children are blessed to have you as their wonderful mother. How I wish I would have had such a fine mom. Take care, my dear Lucy. Oh and by the way....I like your magic lampshade, very, very much!